Mike Cramer III's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Presidential Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | |||
| No one should be told or forced to by any government, Prime law to have an abortion or decide not to. 12 visions / Prime Law | |||
BudgetIndicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing the federal budget.In order to balance the budget,SpendingIndicate what federal spending levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.
| No | do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| No | do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | do you support reducing Medicaid spending? | ||
| Yes | do you support reducing Medicare spending? | ||
| Yes | Is balancing the budget an administrative priority? | ||
| Eliminate | a) Agriculture | ||
| Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Increase | c) Defense | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Eliminate | e) Environment | ||
| Greatly Increase | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Eliminate | l) Welfare | ||
| Eliminate | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Eliminate | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Eliminate | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Eliminate | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Eliminate | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Eliminate | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Eliminate | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| Prime Law Protection only budget A protection only Budget Governments only job is protection of its citizens person and property; nothing else. Self-defense force against those initiating force is the proper role of government. | |||
| 12 Visions / Prime Law | |||
| Protection only budget | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| With the Prime law added as an amendment to the Constitution. | |||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| With the Prime law added to the Consitution. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | Do you support spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of unemployment benefits? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? | ||
| Protection only budget | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| No Federal Funds (Protection only budget | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| Deregulate, let the Genius's of Society TAKe care of. | |||
| No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| No | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
| No | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| A Protection only budget and only if a enemy comes to power will the U.S. military might will show up and if needed the enemy would be | |||
| No | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| Protect the 2nd Amendment to the Consitution Prime Law Add to Consitution | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| No | Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance, as mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| Governments only job is to Protect its citizens and Property; nothing else. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Yes | Do you support allowing illegal immigrants, who were brought to the United States as minors, to pursue citizenship without returning to their country of origin? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police? | ||
| We welcome value creative immigrants and investors not Government sponsered entitlement programs. no welfare smootchers or criminals. | |||
| Yes | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| All human beings have the right to live the lifes they want (12 visions) | |||
| No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| Eliminate and Pay off all legal citizens what's due them with interest. The great displacement Replacement Program. | |||
| 1) Interduce The Protection Only Budget (Eliminate anything that dosen't belong to Protection of the citizens or their Property. 2) Eliminate Social Security (Pay off all legitimate citizens plus regular Interest (The funds to do this will come from the sale proceeds of all Governments assets not dealing with Protection only. 3) Deregulate, *when The Prime Law is introduced to Congress and passes I will sign it into Law. |
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